Some of you might remember that last year in Carey, Ohio, there was quite a bit of unpleasantness during the celebration of the Feast of the Assumption at the Our Lady of Consolation Shrine there. David Hartline of the Catholic Report has a brief interview with the pastor of the Shrine on his hopes and plans for this year’s celebration and a look forward:

(first the background)

The Assumption procession in Carey, Ohio at the Our Lady of Consolation Shrine has been celebrated for over 100 years. There are a variety of Catholic groups, including various ethnicities who, travel from all over the Midwest to attend.  During the past few years, tensions have been raised by the presence of a group called the “Street Preacher Fellowship.”  This fundamentalist group has made it their business to warn Catholics that they risk God’s eternal wrath for their beliefs about the Blessed Mother.  Last year a riot broke with several arrests after a scuffle ensued between a group of Chaldean Catholics (Iraqi-America Christians who reside in the Detroit area) and the Street Preacher Fellowship.